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US7056029B2
US7056029B2 US10/697,583 US69758303A US7056029B2 US 7056029 B2 US7056029 B2 US 7056029B2 US 69758303 A US69758303 A US 69758303A US 7056029 B2 US7056029 B2 US 7056029B2
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C19/00—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C19/54—Systems consisting of a plurality of bearings with rolling friction
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C19/00—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C19/02—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows
    • F16C19/14—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load
    • F16C19/18—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of balls
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C23/00—Bearings for exclusively rotary movement adjustable for aligning or positioning
    • F16C23/06—Ball or roller bearings
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C35/00—Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers
    • F16C35/04—Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of ball or roller bearings
    • F16C35/06—Mounting or dismounting of ball or roller bearings; Fixing them onto shaft or in housing
    • F16C35/061—Mounting or dismounting of ball or roller bearings; Fixing them onto shaft or in housing mounting a plurality of bearings side by side
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C2370/00—Apparatus relating to physics, e.g. instruments
    • F16C2370/12—Hard disk drives or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a bearing device suitable for use in head stack assemblies where a hard disk drive swing arm is moved in a swinging motion.
  • HDD 1 is roughly composed of a rectangular box-like container (base plate) 2 , a spindle motor 3 disposed on the base plate, and a head stack assembly (hereinafter “HSA”) 6 with magnetic heads 5 which write information in specified locations on a magnetic disk 4 , rotated by spindle motor 3 , and reads data from any location.
  • base plate a box-like container
  • HSA head stack assembly
  • HSA 6 contains a tubular part 8 equipped with a swing arm 7 and magnetic heads 5 at the tip.
  • HSA includes a shaft 9 containing an inner ring attached to base plate 2 .
  • Shaft 9 is composed of a bearing device 10 which supports swing arm 7 so it can swing about shaft 9 and the drive part for driving swing arm 7 .
  • Shaft 9 typically comprises a rectangular shaft body 9 a and a flange 9 b , formed at one end of the shaft body 9 a .
  • Flange 9 b is attached to base plate 2 .
  • FIG. 4 shows a conventional bearing device 010 .
  • this bearing device 010 roughly comprises two (hereinafter “first” and “second”) single row deep groove ball bearings (hereinafter “ball bearings”) 012 and 013 installed on shaft 09 .
  • a sleeve 014 is disposed outside of the outer rings (hereinafter, “first and second outer rings”) 012 b and 013 b of the first and second ball bearings 012 and 013 , with one end of the inner ring 012 a of the first ball bearing 012 (hereinafter, “the first inner ring”, and the inner ring of the second ball bearing will hereinafter be referred to as “the second inner ring”) being in contact with flange 09 b.
  • Sleeve 014 typically comprises tubular sleeve body 014 a and a flange 014 b , formed on one end of sleeve body 014 a .
  • Sleeve 014 corresponds to the outer edge of first outer ring 012 b , and it is disposed outside of the first and second ball bearings 012 and 013 .
  • the end surface of flange 014 b and the outer edge surface of first outer ring 012 b are arranged on a single surface.
  • the end surface of sleeve body 014 a and the outer edge surface of second outer ring 013 b are also arranged on a single surface.
  • the width dimensions of the first and second outer rings 012 b and 013 b are set to the same dimension A, and the width dimensions of the first and second inner rings 012 a and 013 a are also set to the same dimension B, such that A>B.
  • the reduced setting for the width dimension B of the first and second inner rings 012 a and 013 a is done so that it only shortens the equal distance (A ⁇ B/2) from each of the ends of the first and second outer rings 012 b and 013 b.
  • This distance (A ⁇ B/2) is greater than the amount ⁇ of a one-sided rattle of each axial orientation (the axial orientation of the first ball bearing 012 , the axial orientation of the second ball bearing 013 ), and it is a dimensional difference capable of preventing the production of an axial one-sided rattle of each ball bearing which imparts a preload to one end of each double-end part of the first and second inner rings 012 a and 013 a (the double-end part of the first inner ring 012 a , the double-end part of the second inner ring 013 a ).
  • FIG. 4 it is a dimensional difference capable of preventing the production of an axial one-sided rattle of the second ball bearing 013 , which imparts a preload in direction C to the outer end of the second inner ring 013 a.
  • the “axial rattle” of the ball bearing is the sum of the previously-set dimensions of the axial clearance of the ball bearing, and the axial relative dimensions of the outer ring and inner ring, determined by the elastic deformation of the ball bearing produced by the application of a set preload. Because the natural state is for the rolling element to be supported by both rolling grooves, whose point contact is the center of the rolling groove of the outer ring and the center of the rolling groove of the inner ring, a one-sided rattle is formed by pushing one end of either the inner ring or the outer ring, and an opposite-side rattle is formed by pushing the other end. The total amount of the “axial rattle” of the ball bearing is the sum of the amounts of both these rattles.
  • the first and second inner ring rolling grooves 012 d and 013 d of the first and second inner rings 012 a and 013 a are formed at the center of the width of the first and second inner rings 012 a and 013 a . Therefore, centered on the centers of the first and second inner ring rolling grooves 012 d and 013 d , the width dimensions of both the first and second inner rings 012 a and 013 a are both B/2 and equal.
  • the first and second ball bearings 012 and 013 are installed on the shaft 09 so that they touch the first and second outer rings 012 b and 013 b , and between the first and second inner rings 012 a and 013 a , in the state prior to applying a preload to the second inner ring 013 a , a space S with a maximum (A ⁇ B) length is formed.
  • the distance P between the first and second rolling elements 012 c and 013 c of the first and second ball bearings 012 and 013 is equal to A.
  • first and second outer rings 012 b and 013 b are fixed to the inner face of the sleeve body 014 a with an adhesive.
  • First inner ring 012 a is installed on shaft 09 and fixed with an adhesive.
  • Second inner ring 013 a is slidably installed on shaft 09 .
  • the outer end of second inner ring 013 a applies a preload in the direction of the arrows C in FIG. 4 , and while such a preload is applied, the second inner ring 013 a is fixed to the shaft 09 with an adhesive.
  • the size (A ⁇ B) of space S is set so that it is greater than 2 ⁇ of the rattles of the bearing device 010 (the sum of the amount ⁇ of the axial one-sided rattle of the first ball bearing 012 and of the amount ⁇ of the axial one-sided rattle of the second ball bearing 013 ), and when a preload is applied to the second inner ring 013 a , the amount of preload can be adjusted over a wide range.
  • the centers of the first and second outer ring grooves 012 e and 013 e of the first and second outer rings 012 b and 013 b , the centers of the first and second inner ring grooves 012 d and 013 d of the first and second inner rings 012 a and 013 a , and the centers of the first and second rolling elements 012 c and 013 c are on a single plane.
  • first and second ball bearings 012 and 013 have a symmetrical structure with respect to this plane, when the first and second ball bearings 012 and 013 are installed on the shaft 09 and the bearing device 010 is assembled, there is no need to control the arrangement of the first and second ball bearings 012 and 013 . Therefore, the production efficiency can be increased.
  • Bearing device 010 is very useful for PC card type ultra-thin hard disk drive devices, for which recently there has been a particularly strong demand.
  • bearing device 010 can also be constructed without sleeve 014 as seen in FIG. 5 .
  • the first and second outer rings 012 b and 013 b are in contact with each other.
  • First inner ring 012 a is installed on shaft 09 and fixed with an adhesive
  • second inner ring 013 a is slidably installed on the shaft 09 .
  • a preload is then applied to the outer end of the second inner ring 013 a in the direction of the arrows C in FIG. 5 . While such a preload is applied, second inner ring 013 a is fixed to shaft 09 with an adhesive, thus eliminating the axial rattle so that the desired precision and rigidity of bearing device 10 are maintained.
  • Bearing device 010 is constructed similar to the bearing device shown in FIG. 4 .
  • Space S is maintained between the first and second inner rings 012 a and 013 a .
  • the first and second ball bearings 012 and 013 are installed on the shaft 09 and the bearing device 010 is assembled, there is no need for control of the arrangement of the first and second ball bearings 012 and 013 , and the production efficiency can thus be increased.
  • An object of the present invention is to propose a bearing device free of the problems associated with conventional bearing devices, with improved swinging precision, rigidity and natural frequency without compromising the production efficiency.
  • a bearing device comprising two rolling bearing is installed on a shaft and a preload is applied to the inner ring of the rolling bearings.
  • the width of the two inner rings for the rolling bearings is narrowed on both sides and centered on the grooves for the inner ring.
  • the inner ring widths being set smaller than the width dimensions of the outer ring. Therefore, the difference in dimensions is double the difference in dimensions capable of eliminating rattling of the rolling bearings when a preload is applied to the outer edge of the inner ring, and the grooves of the outer ring are each formed so as to be in a position at half the width of the inner ring from the outer edges of the two outer rings for the two rolling bearings.
  • a space is created by a difference between the total width dimensions of the two outer rings and the total width dimensions of the two inner rings. This difference is greater than double the total amount 2 ⁇ of the axial one-sided amount of rattling ⁇ of the two rolling bearings. Therefore, if a preload is applied to the outer edge of either internal ring, the amount of preload can be adjusted over a wide range. This eliminates the rattling of the bearing device and the desired precision and rigidity of the bearing device can be maintained.
  • the grooves of the outer ring are each formed to be in a position at half the width of the inner ring from the outer edges of the two outer rings, and while the width dimension of the conventional bearing device overall body are maintained, the space between the two rolling elements of the two rolling bearings is maximized and twisting is minimized. This improves stability swinging precision, rigidity and natural frequency and a superior bearing device can be obtained.
  • the width of the bearing device can exceed the total width of said two outer rings, when this bearing device is used in a hard disk drive, for example, the thickness dimensions of the swing arm support can be reduced and the HDD can be made thinner.
  • a bearing device When used for PC card type ultra-thin hard disk drive devices, for which recently there has been a particularly strong demand, such a bearing device provides a superior effect.
  • FIG. 1 shows a vertical cross sectional diagram of a bearing device according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a plan view of an outline of the overall structure of a hard disk drive (HDD) using the same bearing device shown in FIG. 1 ;
  • HDD hard disk drive
  • FIG. 3 shows a cross sectional diagram of the hard disk drive (HDD) in FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 shows a cross sectional diagram of one embodiment of a conventional bearing device
  • FIG. 5 shows a cross sectional diagram of another embodiment of a conventional bearing device.
  • FIG. 1 shows a vertical cross sectional diagram of a bearing device according to the present invention.
  • the bearing device 10 comprises a shaft 9 .
  • a first and second single row of deep groove ball bearings 12 and 13 are disposed in the tubular main body of the aforementioned shaft 9 .
  • the first and second shields 12 f and 13 f cover the outside edges of these first and second ball bearings 12 and 13 .
  • One edge of the first inner ring 12 a for the first ball bearing 12 is in contact with the flange 9 b of shaft 9 .
  • the first and second shields 12 f and 13 f prevent leakage of the grease filling the inside of bearing device 10 .
  • a sleeve disposed outside of the first and second ball bearings 12 and 13 and the first and second outer rings 12 b and 13 b is not used in this embodiment.
  • the width dimensions for the first and second inner rings 12 a and 13 a are set at the equal measurement of B, and the width dimensions for first and second outer rings 12 b and 13 b are set to the same measurement A, but they are set such that A>B.
  • the reduction in the setting for the width measurement B for the first and second inner rings 12 a and 13 a is made by reducing the width on both sides of the first and second inner rings 12 a and 13 a centered on the first and second inner ring races 12 d and 13 d for the first and second inner rings 12 a and 13 a .
  • the width measurements on both sides of the first and second inner rings 12 a and 13 a are of the same length B/2 each centered on the first and second inner ring races 12 d and 13 d .
  • the first and second inner ring races 12 d and 13 d are formed at the center of the width of the first and second inner rings 12 a and 13 a , respectively.
  • E is the difference in dimensions that allows absorption of the rattle on one side in the axial orientations (axial orientation for the first ball bearing 12 and the axial orientation for the second ball bearing 13 ) of the first and second ball bearings 12 and 13 when a preload is applied to one of the edges of the first inner ring 12 a and one of the edges of the second inner ring 13 a .
  • FIG. 1 shows the outer edges for each of the inner rings for each the first and second inner rings 12 a and 13 a corresponds to this so-called “one of the edges”, and letting this amount of rattle of ⁇ , E> ⁇ .
  • Compared to conventional bearing devices see FIG.
  • each of the outer edges of the first and second inner rings 12 a and 13 a are aligned with each of the outer edges of the first and second outside rings 12 b and 13 b respectively, and centered at a position of half (B/2). That is, the first and second outer races 12 e , 13 e are respectively formed such that the center points of first and second outer rings 12 b , 13 b are set at the position B/2, one half of each dimension B for the distance from the outer edges of the first and second outer rings 12 b , 13 b to the first and second inner rings 12 a , 13 a.
  • the shortening is only the length (A ⁇ B) from the each of the outer edges of the first and second outer rings 12 b and 13 b .
  • This length (A ⁇ B) is the amount of the rattle of the first and second inner rings 12 a and 12 b in the axial orientation on one side.
  • first and second ball bearings 12 and 13 are installed on shaft 9 so that first and second outer rings 12 b and 13 b are tight, and a space S with a length of 2(A ⁇ B) is formed between the first and second inner rings 12 a and 13 a .
  • 2(A ⁇ B) 4E>4 ⁇ .
  • the first and second outer rings 12 b and 13 b are maintained in a state of contact, and the first inner ring 12 a is installed on the shaft 9 and affixed with an adhesive with the second inner ring 13 a installed on the shaft 9 so it can slide.
  • a preload is applied to the outer edge of the second inner ring 13 a in the direction of the arrow C in FIG.
  • the second inner ring 13 a is affixed to the shaft using an adhesive, so the rattle in the axial orientation from one side of the second ball bearing 13 and the rattle in the axial orientation from one side of the first ball bearing 12 are brought together and the rattle in the axial orientation of the bearing device as a whole is removed to maintain the prescribed precision and rigidity of the bearing device 10 .
  • the application of a preload to the inside edge of the second inner ring 13 a cannot normally be done.
  • the size of space S, 2 (A ⁇ B), as previously mentioned, is set to be larger than twice 2 ⁇ (the amount of rattle for the bearing device 10 as a whole in the axial orientation), the sum of the rattle amount ⁇ on each side in the axial orientation of the first and second ball bearings 12 and 13 , it is possible to adjust the preload in a wide range when applying a preload to the second inner ring 13 a.
  • the bearing device 10 is finally completed by eliminating the rattle in the axial orientation in this manner and attaching the first and second shields 12 f and 13 f to the bearing device 10 for which the prescribed precision and rigidity has been maintained.
  • the distance P between the first and second rolling elements 12 c and 13 c of the first and second ball bearings 12 and 13 in the bearing device completed in this manner is (2A ⁇ B)>A and is maximized in the case where the dimensional difference E(E> ⁇ ) eliminates the rattle ⁇ on one side in the axial orientation of the first and second ball bearings 12 and 13 when a preload is applied to the outer edges of each of the first and second inner rings 12 a and 13 a .
  • the bearing device according to this embodiment has the aforementioned constitution, it can exhibit the following effects.
  • a space S of the difference 2(A ⁇ B) between the total width dimension of the first and second outer rings 12 b and 13 b, 2A and the total width dimension 2B of the first and second inner rings 12 a and 13 a can be assured between the first and second inner rings 12 a and 13 a , and furthermore, since this difference is greater than 2 ⁇ of rattle amounts ⁇ in each of the axial orientations for the two rolling bearings 12 and 13 , the amount of preload can be adjusted over a wide range when a preload is applied to one orientation of either inner ring, and the rattle of the bearing device 10 can be eliminated, so that the prescribed precision and rigidity for the bearing device can be maintained.
  • each of the first and second outer ring races 12 e and 13 e are formed in a position half the length of the inner ring width dimension B (B/2) from the outer edge of the first and second outer rings 12 b and 13 b , maintaining the overall width dimension (axial orientation) 2A of the conventional bearing device (see FIG. 4 ), the distance P between the first and second rolling elements 12 c and 13 c of the first and second rolling bearings 12 and 13 is maximized, so breakdowns are reduced, stability is increased, and shaking precision, rigidity, and characteristic frequency, etc., are improved, and a high quality bearing device can be obtained.
  • the width (length in the axial direction) of the bearing device can be held to approximately the total width 2A of the first and second outer rings 12 b and 13 b , when this bearing device 10 is used in a hard disk drive (HDD) 1 , the dimension of the thickness of the swing arm 7 support, for example, can be made smaller, and the HDD 1 can be made thinner. It has superior effects as a bearing device for use in PC card type ultra thin hard disk drive devices for which the demand has become stronger recently.
  • the main body 9 a of the shaft 9 is tubular, it can be screwed into and affixed to the base plate 2 with a bolt through the tubular main body 9 of the shaft 9 when the bearing device is used with a fixed inner ring.
  • An ultra thin bearing device 10 is fixed to the base plate 2 of the HDD 1 , therefore, the attachment of the bearing device becomes simple. The smaller the bearing device 10 is made the greater the effect.
  • a sleeve may be disposed outside of the first and second outer rings 12 b and 13 b.
  • the bearing device can be modified to make a dimensional difference E that can absorb the rattle ⁇ for one side larger.

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